2011 Australian Open – Women's singles

April 2026 2011 Australian Open BEL Kim Clijsters CHN Li Na 3–6, 6–3, 6–3 128 (12 Q Qualifiers / 8 WC Wild Cards) 32 2011 Australian Open Kim Clijsters defeated Li Na in the final, 3–6, 6–3, 6–3 to win the women's singles tennis title at the 2011 Australian Open.https://www.espn.com/sports/tennis/aus11/news/story?id=6070641 Kim Clijsters wins Australian Open ESPN 17 July 2025 It was her first Australian Open title and her fourth and last major overall, as well as the 41st and last singles title of her career. Li was the first Asian player to reach a major singles final, and would go on to win the French Open a few months later. This was the first major where Caroline Wozniacki competed as the world No. 1; she lost to Li in the semifinals, despite having a match point in the second set. Serena Williams was the two-time reigning champion, but did not participate due to a long-term foot injury. The fourth-round match between Svetlana Kuznetsova and Francesca Schiavone, which lasted 4 hours and 44 minutes, was the longest women's singles major match, with Schiavone winning in the third set, 16–14. This marked the last major for two former world No. 1's: Justine Henin and Dinara Safina, who both retired due to injury (Henin's elbow and Safina's back).Christopher Clarey Henin says she is retiring for good with elbow injury https://www.nytimes.com/2011/01/27/sports/tennis/27henin.html?_r=0 The New York Times 26 January 2011 Seeds 30em 1 1 DEN Caroline Wozniacki (semifinals) 2 8 RUS Vera Zvonareva (semifinals) 3 6 BEL Kim Clijsters (champion) 4 3 USA Venus Williams (third round, retired because of a hip injury) 5 7 AUS Samantha Stosur (third round) 6 2 ITA Francesca Schiavone (quarterfinals) 7 5 SRB Jelena Janković (second round) 8 4 BLR 1995 Victoria Azarenka (fourth round) 9 4 CHN Li Na (final) 10 7 ISR Shahar Pe'er (third round) 11 2 BEL Justine Henin (third round) 12 5 POL Agnieszka Radwańska (quarterfinals) 13 6 RUS Nadia Petrova (third round) 14 3 RUS Maria Sharapova (fourth round) 15 1 FRA Marion Bartoli (second round) 16 8 RUS Anastasia Pavlyuchenkova (third round) 17 4 FRA Aravane Rezaï (first round) 18 8 RUS Maria Kirilenko (second round) 19 6 SRB Ana Ivanovic (first round) 20 3 EST Kaia Kanepi (second round) 21 1 BEL Yanina Wickmayer (second round) 22 7 ITA Flavia Pennetta (fourth round) 23 2 RUS Svetlana Kuznetsova (fourth round) 24 5 RUS Alisa Kleybanova (second round) 25 7 CZE Petra Kvitová (quarterfinals) 26 6 ESP María José Martínez Sánchez (second round) 27 5 ROU Alexandra Dulgheru (first round) 28 4 SVK Daniela Hantuchová (first round) 29 1 SVK Dominika Cibulková (third round) 30 3 GER Andrea Petkovic (quarterfinals) 31 8 CZE Lucie Šafářová (third round) 32 2 BUL Tsvetana Pironkova (second round) Qualifying 2011 Australian Open – Women's singles qualifying Draw Finals Quarterfinals Semifinals Final 175 1 DEN Caroline Wozniacki 3 6 6 6 ITA Francesca Schiavone 6 3 3 30 GER Andrea Petkovic 2 4   9 CHN Li Na 6 6   12 POL Agnieszka Radwańska 3 64   3 BEL Kim Clijsters 6 77   25 CZE Petra Kvitová 2 4   2 RUS Vera Zvonareva 6 6   1 DEN Caroline Wozniacki 6 5 3 9 CHN Li Na 3 7 6 3 BEL Kim Clijsters 6 6   2 RUS Vera Zvonareva 3 3   9 CHN Li Na 6 3 3 3 BEL Kim Clijsters 3 6 6 Top half Section 1 First round Second round Third round Fourth round 1 DEN C Wozniacki 6 6     ARG G Dulko 3 4     AUT T Paszek 77 0 3   USA V King 64 6 6   CZE L Hradecká 4 5     ITA A Brianti 6 7     GER A Kerber 2 77 4 29 SVK D Cibulková 6 64 6 21 BEL Y Wickmayer 6 2 6   AUS J Groth 3 6 4   SLO P Hercog 4 65     LAT A Sevastova 6 77   Q RUS V Manasieva 7 6     ESP L Pous Tió 5 2     ITA T Garbin 0 0   15 FRA M Bartoli 6 6   1 DEN C Wozniacki 6 6     USA V King 1 0     ITA A Brianti 1 6 2 29 SVK D Cibulková 6 4 6 21 BEL Y Wickmayer 4 2     LAT A Sevastova 6 6   Q RUS V Manasieva 3 6 6 15 FRA M Bartoli 6 3 0 1 DEN C Wozniacki 6 6   29 SVK D Cibulková 4 3     LAT A Sevastova 6 6   Q RUS V Manasieva 1 3   1 DEN C Wozniacki 6 6     LAT A Sevastova 3 4   Section 2 First round Second round Third round Fourth round 11 BEL J Henin 5 6 6 Q IND S Mirza 7 3 1 Q USA J Hampton 6 4 5   GBR E Baltacha 3 6 7   USA B Mattek-Sands 1 6 5 Q NED A Rus 6 3 7   USA A Riske 3 2   23 RUS S Kuznetsova 6 6   32 BUL T Pironkova 6 3 6   FRA P Parmentier 4 6 3   SUI T Bacsinszky 0 3     ROU M Niculescu 6 6     CAN R Marino 6 4 6   JPN J Namigata 2 6 3   ESP A Parra Santonja 77 2 4 6 ITA F Schiavone 64 6 6 11 BEL J Henin 6 6     GBR E Baltacha 1 3   Q NED A Rus 1 4   23 RUS S Kuznetsova 6 6   32 BUL T Pironkova 4 1     ROU M Niculescu 6 6     CAN R Marino 3 7 7 6 ITA F Schiavone 6 5 9 11 BEL J Henin 4 68   23 RUS S Kuznetsova 6 710     ROU M Niculescu 0 62   6 ITA F Schiavone 6 77   23 RUS S Kuznetsova 4 6 14 6 ITA F Schiavone 6 1 16 Section 3 First round Second round Third round Fourth round 4 USA V Williams 6 6     ITA S Errani 3 2     CZE S Záhlavová 6 6     CZE R Voráčová 3 1   Q GBR A Keothavong 7 6   Q RUS Ar Rodionova 5 4     USA J Craybas 1 2   30 GER A Petkovic 6 6   20 EST K Kanepi 2 6 6   SVK M Rybáriková 6 4 3   GER J Görges 6 4 6   ROU E Gallovits-Hall 3 6 3   RUS E Vesnina 6 3 3   FRA V Razzano 4 6 6   THA T Tanasugarn 1 3   14 RUS M Sharapova 6 6   4 USA V Williams 66 6 6   CZE S Záhlavová 78 0 4 Q GBR A Keothavong 6 5 0 30 GER A Petkovic 2 7 6 20 EST K Kanepi 4 6 4   GER J Görges 6 3 6   FRA V Razzano 63 3   14 RUS M Sharapova 77 6   4 USA V Williams 0r   30 GER A Petkovic 1       GER J Görges 6 4 4 14 RUS M Sharapova 4 6 6 30 GER A Petkovic 6 6   14 RUS M Sharapova 2 3   Section 4 First round Second round Third round Fourth round 9 CHN N Li 6 7     SWE S Arvidsson 1 5     RUS E Rodina 6 6   WC AUS O Rogowska 3 1     CZE Z Ondrášková 3 2   WC AUS J Dokić 6 6     CZE B Záhlavová-Strýcová 6 3 7 17 FRA A Rezaï 0 6 5 28 SVK D Hantuchová 63 6 7   RUS R Kulikova 77 3 9   CRO K Šprem 6 4 2   RSA C Scheepers 4 6 6   AUT P Mayr-Achleitner 5 4     CZE A Hlaváčková 7 6   Q GER K Wörle 0 2   8 BLR 1995 V Azarenka 6 6   9 CHN N Li 6 6     RUS E Rodina 3 2   WC AUS J Dokić 63 1     CZE B Záhlavová-Strýcová 77 6     RUS R Kulikova 4 6 5   RSA C Scheepers 6 4 7   CZE A Hlaváčková 4 4   8 BLR 1995 V Azarenka 6 6   9 CHN N Li 6 6     CZE B Záhlavová-Strýcová 2 1     RSA C Scheepers 3 3   8 BLR 1995 V Azarenka 6 6   9 CHN N Li 6 6   8 BLR 1995 V Azarenka 3 3   Bottom half Section 5 First round Second round Third round Fourth round 7 SRB J Janković 6 77     RUS A Kudryavtseva 0 65     UKR K Bondarenko 6 3 6   CHN S Peng 2 6 8 WC FRA C Garcia 7 4 6   USA V Lepchenko 5 6 3   JPN A Morita 6 6   27 ROU A Dulgheru 4 4   24 RUS A Kleybanova 6 6   Q USA I Falconi 1 0   Q LUX A Kremer 3 6 2   ROU S Halep 6 3 6 WC AUS S Ferguson 66 6 3 Q CRO P Martić 78 0 6   JPN K Date-Krumm 4 6 5 12 POL A Radwańska 6 4 7 7 SRB J Janković 63 3     CHN S Peng 77 6   WC FRA C Garcia 4 4     JPN A Morita 6 6   24 RUS A Kleybanova 4 62     ROU S Halep 6 77   Q CRO P Martić 3 4   12 POL A Radwańska 6 6     CHN S Peng 6 3 6   JPN A Morita 1 6 3   ROU S Halep 1 2   12 POL A Radwańska 6 6     CHN S Peng 5 6 5 12 POL A Radwańska 7 3 7 Section 6 First round Second round Third round Fourth round 13 RUS N Petrova 6 6     RUS K Pervak 2 1   WC AUS A Molik 1 6 8   ITA R Vinci 6 3 6   SUI P Schnyder 2 3   Q UKR L Tsurenko 6 6     RUS E Makarova 3 6 10 19 SRB A Ivanovic 6 4 8 26 ESP MJ Martínez Sánchez 6 4 6   HUN G Arn 3 6 2 Q USA C Vandeweghe 2 1     FRA A Cornet 6 6     USA C McHale 6 3 4   ESP C Suárez Navarro 4 6 6   RUS D Safina 0 0   3 BEL K Clijsters 6 6   13 RUS N Petrova 6 6   WC AUS A Molik 4 1   Q UKR L Tsurenko 66 1     RUS E Makarova 78 6   26 ESP MJ Martínez Sánchez 5 1     FRA A Cornet 7 6     ESP C Suárez Navarro 1 3   3 BEL K Clijsters 6 6   13 RUS N Petrova 2 6 6   RUS E Makarova 6 3 8   FRA A Cornet 63 3   3 BEL K Clijsters 77 6     RUS E Makarova 63 2   3 BEL K Clijsters 77 6   Section 7 First round Second round Third round Fourth round 5 AUS S Stosur 6 6   WC USA L Davis 1 1     ITA ME Camerin 3 6 1   RUS V Dushevina 6 3 6   BLR 1995 O Govortsova 3 4     RUS A Chakvetadze 6 6   WC AUS S Peers 2 4   25 CZE P Kvitová 6 6   22 ITA F Pennetta 6 6     AUS An Rodionova 2 1     ESP L Domínguez Lino 6 6     SWE J Larsson 2 1     ROU S Cîrstea 6 6     CRO M Lučić 4 2     FRA M Johansson 1 1   10 ISR S Pe'er 6 6   5 AUS S Stosur 6 6     RUS V Dushevina 3 2     RUS A Chakvetadze 3 4   25 CZE P Kvitová 6 6   22 ITA F Pennetta 6 6     ESP L Domínguez Lino 2 2     ROU S Cîrstea 3 2   10 ISR S Pe'er 6 6   5 AUS S Stosur 65 3   25 CZE P Kvitová 77 6   22 ITA F Pennetta 3 77 6 10 ISR S Pe'er 6 63 4 25 CZE P Kvitová 3 6 6 22 ITA F Pennetta 6 3 3 Section 8 First round Second round Third round Fourth round 16 RUS A Pavlyuchenkova 6 77     BEL K Flipkens 4 64     UZB A Amanmuradova 4 2     GER K Barrois 6 6     ESP A Medina Garrigues 0 1     CZE I Benešová 6 6     ITA R Oprandi 3 7 6 18 RUS M Kirilenko 6 5 8 31 CZE L Šafářová 7 4 6   CHN S Zhang 5 6 1   CZE K Zakopalová 6 3 6   USA M Oudin 1 6 1   SRB B Jovanovski 7 6   WC TPE K-c Chang 5 1     AUT S Bammer 2 1   2 RUS V Zvonareva 6 6   16 RUS A Pavlyuchenkova 6 6     GER K Barrois 2 2     CZE I Benešová 6 6   18 RUS M Kirilenko 3 1   31 CZE L Šafářová 6 62 7   CZE K Zakopalová 3 77 5   SRB B Jovanovski 6 3 1 2 RUS V Zvonareva 2 6 6 16 RUS A Pavlyuchenkova 3 6 5   CZE I Benešová 6 1 7 31 CZE L Šafářová 3 69   2 RUS V Zvonareva 6 711     CZE I Benešová 4 1   2 RUS V Zvonareva 6 6   Championship match statistics Category BEL Clijsters CHN Li 1st serve % 56/86 (65%) 69/96 (72%) 1st serve points won 37 of 56 = 66% 36 of 69 = 52% 2nd serve points won 12 of 30 = 40% 11 of 27 = 41% Total service points won 49 of 86 = 56.98% 47 of 96 = 48.96% Aces 1 1 Double faults 3 4 Winners 22 24 Unforced errors26 40 Net points won 8 of 14 = 57% 13 of 23 = 57% Break points converted 7 of 17 = 41% 6 of 12 = 50% Return points won 49 of 96 = 51% 37 of 86 = 43% Total points won 98 84Source References 2011 LS External links 2011 Australian Open – Women's draws and results at the International Tennis Federation 2010 US Open – Women's singles Grand Slam women's singles 2011 French Open – 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